David Strickland

Actor

Male

BornOct 14, 1969

David Gordon Strickland, Jr. was an American television actor best known for playing the boyish rock music reporter Todd Stites in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan before committing suicide on March 22, 1999.

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' Ray LaHood, the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, will join a Washington, D.C-based advocacy group, where he will push for Congress to fund improvements in the nation\'s roads, bridges, airports, rails and ports. Separately, <mark>David Strickland</mark>, who lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration until last month, will join a Washington law firm. Building America\'s Future named LaHood as co-chairman, alongside billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who just ended three ter...

' US highway deaths increased in 2012 for the first time since 2005, prompting the US government to say it would speed up research on safety systems that would keep drunk drivers from getting on the road. According to a report from the Associated Press, highway fatalities increased to 33,561 in 2012 — to bring the figure back down, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is calling for automakers to include the safety systems found in higher-end cars in more and more of the...

'\n DETROIT -- A deal between the government and Chrysler over Jeeps linked to deadly fires isn\'t sitting well with many Jeep owners and auto safety advocates. \n\n In early June, after a nearly three-year investigation, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration recommended that Chrysler recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs because the fuel tanks could rupture, leak and cause fires in rear-end crashes. \n But last week, after talks between outgoing Transportation S...

' Carmaker has been asked by US road safety authority the NHTSA to recall certain models after fires and deaths Chrysler is refusing to recall 2.7m older-model Jeeps, saying that US regulators\' concerns about the vehicles\' fuel tanks causing fires and deaths are ill-founded. In a 3 June letter to Chrysler, US road safety authority the NHTSA said an investigation had revealed \"numerous fire-related deaths and injuries, fires that did not lead to deaths and fuel leaks in rear impacts\". T...

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Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of David Strickland.

CHILDHOOD

1969Birth
Born on October 14, 1969.

TWENTIES

199929 Years Old
After checking into Room 20 of the Oasis Motel in Las Vegas, Strickland consumed several bottles of beer, hanged himself with a bed sheet over the ceiling beam, and died during the morning hours of March 22, 1999.
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His body was discovered by a hotel desk clerk. Evidence of drug use was found in his room. The Clark County Coroner concluded that Strickland's body bore the marks of a previous suicide attempt.<br /><br /> After much discussion, the writers of Suddenly Susan decided to deal with Strickland's death directly. In the show's third season finale, Todd fails to appear at work one day. When Susan (portrayed by Brooke Shields) calls Todd regarding tickets to a show, his pager vibrates on his desk. Susan spends the day searching for Todd, after learning for the first time about a number of good deeds he had done throughout his life. The episode ends when the police visit Susan and her office staff, and the details of his fate are left ambiguous. The episode is interspersed with out-of-character interviews with Shields and the show's supporting cast. Read Less